Manuscripts
Well on the Figmond Tract, Merced County
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Well on the Figmond Tract, Merced County
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait at a well on the "Figmond Tract" in Merced County. There are ten men, some in suits and some in work clothes, nine women in dresses and hats, a small child, an infant, and a dog. The well mechanism is under a triangular wooden frame, with water rushing down the chute in the center of the image.
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 2, Item 1
Well on the Figmond Tract, Merced County
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait at a well on the "Figmond Tract" in Merced County. There are nine men, some in suits and some in work clothes, nine women in dresses and hats, a small child, and an infant. The well mechanism is under a triangular wooden frame, with water rushing down the chute in the center of the image.
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 11, Item 1
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Mostly Fairmead (Merced Station Merced County) - photo of "Figmond Tract" (undated). 1 item
Manuscripts
The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and farming in the San Joaquin Valley, the development of agricultural machinery (combines, plows, reapers, scrapers, threshing machines, tractors and various types of harvesters), livestock, ranches, cattle, and crops, mostly wheat. Also covered are: early aviation, early automobiles, bears, crime, the Dalton Gang, the Donner Party, earthquakes, education and schools in the San Joaquin Valley, floods, freight and steamships on the San Joaquin River, gold mines, irrigation, canals and water rights in San Joaquin Valley, land grants, livestock, lumber, outlaws, pioneers, the Presbyterian Church in California, ranches, rivers, roads, saddlery, sheepherding in California, overland journeys to California and California politics, government and history. Also talked about are women, African Americans, Chileans, Chinese, Mormons, Native Americans and Jews in California. The collection contains roughly 180 oral interviews with people living in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s through the 1970s. One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript Sky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two. Frank F. Latta worked on this manuscript for five decades.
mssLattaS
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Mostly Fairmead (Merced Station Merced County) - photo "4. Figmond Tract (undated). 1 item
Manuscripts
The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and farming in the San Joaquin Valley, the development of agricultural machinery (combines, plows, reapers, scrapers, threshing machines, tractors and various types of harvesters), livestock, ranches, cattle, and crops, mostly wheat. Also covered are: early aviation, early automobiles, bears, crime, the Dalton Gang, the Donner Party, earthquakes, education and schools in the San Joaquin Valley, floods, freight and steamships on the San Joaquin River, gold mines, irrigation, canals and water rights in San Joaquin Valley, land grants, livestock, lumber, outlaws, pioneers, the Presbyterian Church in California, ranches, rivers, roads, saddlery, sheepherding in California, overland journeys to California and California politics, government and history. Also talked about are women, African Americans, Chileans, Chinese, Mormons, Native Americans and Jews in California. The collection contains roughly 180 oral interviews with people living in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s through the 1970s. One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript Sky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two. Frank F. Latta worked on this manuscript for five decades.
mssLattaS
Drying produce, Merced County(?)
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a view of wooden flats of fruit or vegetables drying in the sun. There are hundreds of trays laid out on sandy ground, with a farmhouse and outdoor work areas in the background.
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 8, Item 1
Young woman in a wicker rocker, Merced Falls, Merced County (two views)
Manuscripts
Glass plate with two photographs of a young woman in a wicker rocking chair in a garden. The main difference between the two is that the woman's face is slightly blurred in the image on the right.
mssLattaS, Box 116, Folder 11, Item 1